Education

Thirteen students from Grant County High School took to the national stage to show off the skills they have worked all year to develop.

The students are part of the GCHS Speech and Drama team and attended the national National Catholic Forensic League tournament on May 23 and 24 in Albany, NY.

“The funny thing is that we placed third in the state level as a team, but we sent more students to nationals than any school in Kentucky,” coach Ryan Ray said. “To know that we sent more students is exciting.”

On May 8, the Grant County Future Farmers of America held tractor day at GCHS.

This is the first time in three years that the chapter has held tractor day. In order to drive their tractor to school, FFA members had to attend a banquet the previous night.

There were twelve members that attended tractor day. The categories for tractor day were the biggest International, the biggest John Deere, the biggest miscellaneous, the oldest, the cleanest, the dirtiest, the smallest International, the smallest John Deere and the smallest miscellaneous.

Heather Draper isn’t afraid to take on the boys. “They all got mad because I finished first in the class.” Draper, a senior at Grant County High School, said about the boys in her auto body class at Boone County vocational school.

Draper said she notices that auto body finishing is normally a male dominated field and it is more difficult for women to advance. “I have to work harder to prove myself.” Draper said. And, that’s just what she did.

That’s what prompted the hallways to become a canvas for nursery rhymes and fairy tales.

Daniel Pagan, special education teacher at DRE, and Sarah Campbell, parent of a second grade student, have spent numerous hours after school working to transform the plain gray and white walls into works of art.

The project started with the talking phase in November with actual paint to wall in February.